Little Falls transcript., 1887-04-22
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How bob Barietto Got Even with i aits
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How hob Bsrdette Got Eysh with : al,s II 4
jestic hut Very Iinp ol1tet g iesnt lehman.
Once, ii the I'd i.ealt ot the piti,l ii,
less winter i Had d l,aWll my good two..sl
landed Lecture wit the Terrible lame.
and was sniting al the coasts oi penn.zA|
;all;a il, pairing neither no-l
i4o;iace,I nyther ,you,l;ss, on old, and
wearing 1T MY belt tic scail1s Of many.
II pnle-face 'aa,sl One night
.laaehed Elie tie ,,aieasant just as the
clocks in TIN. IIlJrtl Mayor castle
struck .stWent one. I. It was bitter, bit !
ing. stinging cold and there. was 10
ambulance at the station, while there
wassa good hotel there ] Wett=in i q
regjsterad, and Ii man of commanding
presence, taiIor-built clothes and 4
brown beard Of most refined culture,
followed me. and under my plebeian
scrnWl made the register luminous with
his patl'ician cognp,isen. I stood a lit;
tie inawe Of ii thi in;ajesti being, about
as littiaas I. 1.tlsllaIly stand in the pres
eneeof any majestic creature, and when
in d, deep bass, commanding voice he
ordered room J had great mind
something that always carry with me
when | trayelto go out and get him
one. The .gentlemanly and u.bane
night. clerk, who also seemed to be
deeply impressed LAS is the habit Of the
night cierk-With the gentleman's re-.
sponsible-to-any amount toot on,
Sawmbei said he was sorry but he had
but one vacant room and it contained
hut one bed, STILL" he said; as be-
came man who was bound to- stand
forhis house if it hadn't bed in it,.
sit was a very wide. bed, very wide
and quite long. Two gentlemen could
sleep in it quite comfortably, and if d.
But the Colpmaniing Being at my side
said that was quite altogether out of
the question entirely. Quite! He was sor-
~ for tiie--here he looked ut me, hesitat-
cd. but finally said-gentleman, bat He
couldn't share His room with him. He
was sorry for thc-gentlemau and hop
ed he might find comfortable lodgings,
but He couldn't permit him to occupy
even portion of His bed. Then the
clerk begged pardon, and was sorry,
and all that, but this other gentleman
had registered first, and If
| was for him to say what dis
position should be made Of this lonely
room and solitary bed. I hastened to
assure the majestic being that it was
all right; he was welcome to two-thirds
of the room, all the looking glass and
one-half of the bed. ''No,' he said,
very abruptly. u will sit here by the
stove and sleep in 81 chair. I thank
you, sir, but would not'sleep with my
own brother. Iprefer q room to MY
SELF Imeekly l told him that ldidn't
know what kind Of a man his brother
WAS. but no doubt he did, and there
| fore must conclude that he wasn't a
fit man to sleep with. But his brother
WAS out of the question:, and if he
wanted part OF my couch, he might
have it and welcome, and I would agree
not to think of his brother. ''No sir
he said, Il will sleep in no man bed. -
said I wouldn't ether if I wasn't
sleepy, but when I was SLEEPY, I didn't
care; I'd sleep with the King Of Eng
land or the President, and wouldn't
care a cent who knew it.
Well. l went to bed,. curled up ull-
der the warm, soft blanke cts, and heard
the wind Shrek and wall md whistle
and yellow like all creation the
| wind can blow in Erie-and as the night
| grew colder and colder every minute,
I fell asleep and dreamed that heaven
was just forty-eight miles west of Dun,
kirk. About $50 OF O'Clock there
came a laundering rap at the door, and
with a vague, half-waking impression
in my dream that sonbody from the
other place was trying to get in, l
| said:
"What is it?>'
''It is T." answered q splendid voice,
which. l recognized at once. Il am
the gentleman who came on the train
with YOU .~r.
| "Yes," I said, ..:and what is the mat
ter??''''.s .: I: s-z + - g..
The splendid voice was Il trifle hum
Bile asit replied: -. -> i.
II have changed my mind about
sleeping with another. man. i. 5:.:
$50 have I'LL howied, SO joyously
that thevery winds laughed in merry
echo. $50 have l! / wouldn't t get out
| of this warnl bed to open that door for
| my own brother!'' :%=.5.5 j.
@.5 will close this story here. If ]
should write the language that went
down that dim, cold hall outside my
door you wouldn't print it. And when
! next morning I went skipping down
stairs as fresh as a rose, and saw that
majestic being knottod up in hard
arm chair, looking d hundred years old,
said: .4- ...4=s / NJ. ;s-s& /. u =
Better is a poor and wise child than
m old and foolish King. who knowctlI
not how to be admonished. For out OF
prison he corneth to reign, whereas,
also he that is born in his kingdom be,
| cometh poor This also is vanity g..
| Robert j, Batrdette, IN Brooklyss Eagle.
HOW GEORGE FLuNKED.
a Good Chance for . Loving Young Man
& s s#s With = supply OF Sand.
| They came up stairs into 4 dentists
office yesterday. They were lovers.